Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M)

TieTalent; Broughton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Employee share plans

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Principal Engineer – Support Engineering to provide leadership and technical expertise to the AR&M team. You will evaluate engineering changes and produce necessary deliverables. The ideal candidate has a degree in a STEM subject and extensive domain knowledge in AR&M disciplines. Opportunities for hybrid working are available.

Qualifications

• Extensive level of domain knowledge over AR&M disciplines.
• Experience of delivering AR&M in programme lifecycle phases.
• Strong awareness of Product Safety and SHE.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the AR&M engineering team.
• Evaluate the impact of engineering changes on support deliverables.
• Produce AR&M deliverables including reports.
• Oversee AR&M administrative functions to maintain records and support ILS activities.
• Produce the full range of AR&M deliverables, including AR&M Case and Case Reports.

Skills

Domain knowledge over AR&M disciplines

Experience delivering AR&M

Knowledge of engineering lifecycle

Product Safety awareness

Good communication skills

Education

Degree level qualification in STEM

Job description

Overview

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Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Brough or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M)

What you’ll be doing

• Provide leadership and guidance to the AR&M engineering team
• Provide technical expertise and a knowledgeable interface to suppliers and customers on AR&M matters
• Undertake the evaluation and sign-off of the impact of engineering change on support deliverables for systems and equipment
• Provide oversight of AR&M administrative functions to maintain records within the Support Engineering department and to facilitate ILS activities
• Produce the full range of AR&M deliverables, including the AR&M Case and Case Reports

Essential

• Extensive level of domain knowledge over the full range of AR&M disciplines and how they relate to ILS and Safety
• Experience of delivering AR&M in appropriate phases of the programme lifecycle
• Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle
• Strong awareness of Product Safety and SHE
• Good communication skills and be able to interact with stakeholders
• Degree level qualification in a STEM subject

Desirable

• Submarine operator/maintainer experience
• Previous experience within an engineering background

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The AR&M and Supportability Team

You will join a growing team of 13 individuals based across our sites at Brough, Filton and Barrow tasked with AR&M analysis and creating case reports against combat systems. This team completes their own AR&M analysis and produces their own reports and calculations to ensure the availability targets are being met for the systems of the submarine. You will liaise with a range of stakeholders from the MOD, Dreadnought Alliance system owners/designers, as well as external suppliers at design reviews and also the Combat Systems senior managers. Joining this team allows you to influence the design of the Dreadnought platform from a Combat Systems perspective as well mentor and coach new members of the team to support the capability further. We offer relocation support across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

Closing Date 27th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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